scholarly journals Women's knowledge about risk factors, prevention and diagnostics of cervical precancerous changes at colposcopy clinic in Latvia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 3091
Author(s):  
Anita Ungure ◽  
Jana Žodžika ◽  
Nellija Lietuviete ◽  
Dace Rezeberga ◽  
Ilva Šenfelde
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Common Information ◽  
Women's Knowledge ◽  
Women’S Knowledge ◽  
Colposcopy Clinic

Background: The incidence of cervical cancer in Latvia is one of the highest among European countries. An organized cervical cancer screening program in Latvia was introduced in 2009. Women’s knowledge and attitude regarding cervical cancer is the key component for successful prevention of this disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate women’s knowledge about the risk factors, prevention and diagnostic methods of precancerous and invasive disease of the uterine cervix in the main colposcopy clinic in Latvia and to compare women's knowledge before and after their first colposcopy visit.Methods: This was a cross sectional study where 100 women were included while attending their first colposcopy visit at Colposcopy Clinic of Riga East Clinical University Hospital. Study was performed in the period September 2017 to November 2017. Exclusion criteria were colposcopy follow-up examination and pregnancy. The most common reason for a planned colposcopy was suspected precancerous changes during cytology testing.Results: The most common information resources regarding reproductive health were gynaecologist (79%) and mass media (51%). Women knowledge about the risk factors of cervical precancerous changes were as follows: 30% marked smoking and 26% - early onset of the first sexual intercourse. 31% of women knew that vaccination against HPV is an effective prevention. 53% of women considered cervical cytology and 52% - colposcopy as a diagnostic method for precancerous changes. Higher number of women evaluated their general knowledge as sufficient after the visit (10% vs. 30%, p<0.05), but only smoking as a risk factor was recognized significantly more often (30% vs. 42%, p<0.05).Conclusions: Although current study presented specific population of women attending Colposcopy clinic because of suspected precancerous disease, less than a half of women knew risk factors, prevention and diagnostics of these changes. Overall women were satisfied with information they received during their first colposcopy visit, but afterward only knowledge about smoking as a possible risk factor improved significantly. It is important to improve women's knowledge about the meaning of prevention methods in order to increase the awareness of cervical cancer in Latvia.

scholarly journals Women with Cervical Cancer: Impact of an Educational Program their Knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-08
Author(s):  
Hanan Elzeblawy ◽  
Ragaa Ali ◽  
Soad Abd El Salam ◽  
Hagar Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Oncology Unit ◽  
Women's Knowledge ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Women’S Knowledge

Background: Cervical cancer occurs when the cells of the cervix grow abnormally and invade other tissues and organs of the body. Aim: study the impact of an educational program on knowledge of women with cervical cancer Methods; Design: A quasi-experimental design. Setting: out-patient clinic in the oncology unit at Beni-Suef University Hospital. Subjects: А purposive sample of 70 women. Tools: A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet, а scoring system for women’s knowledge аbout cervical cancer, and supportive educational booklet. Results: The results of the study revealed improving in women's knowledge regarding cervical cancer post-program compared to pre-one. Conclusion: The teaching program was very effective in women's knowledge improvement. Recommendations: Women's counseling activities for women regarding cervical cancer need to be popularized and facilities and decision-making aids are made available to those who need them.

scholarly journals Women’s knowledge and attitude towards cervical cancer preventive measures and associated factors In South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, North Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilkal Tafere ◽  
Tezera Jemere ◽  
Tsion Desalegn ◽  
Addisu Melak
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Cervical Cancer Prevention ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Women's Knowledge ◽  
Women’S Knowledge ◽  
South Gondar

Abstract Background Cervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in Ethiopia, often due to late disease diagnosis. Early prevention of cancer has been shown to be the most effective measure against the disease. Scientific evidences indicate that lack of awareness towards cervical cancer is a barrier to prevention strategies. Therefore, the aim of the current research was to assess women’s knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer preventions in South Gondar zone. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in South Gondar zone, Ethiopia. The study sample comprised 844 women ≥ 18 years of age. Participants were selected using systematic sampling technique. Binary and multivariable logistic models were used to assess predictors of women’s knowledge and attitude towards cervical cancer. Results About 66 % of the women had heard about cervical cancer. Regarding the main source of information of respondents, 75.4 % were heard from health professionals. Sixty two point 4 % of women knew at least one preventive measure and 82.6 % of participants knew at least one symptom or sign. Among study participants, 25 and 64 % had good knowledge, and favorable attitude towards cervical cancer prevention measures, respectively. Being reside in rural (AOR = 0.21, 95 %CI; 0.18, 0.34), not attending formal education (AOR = 0.50, 95 % CI: 0.3, 0.75), low income (AOR = 0.57, 95 % CI: 0.43, 0.81) and having < 4 children ((AOR = 0.8, 95 % CI: 0.60–0.86) were negatively associated with knowledge toward cervical cancer prevention measures. Conclusions This study found the majority of the respondents had poor knowledge about cervical cancer prevention measures. The majority of the study participants had favorable attitudes regarding cervical cancer prevention. Living in rural areas, not attending formal education low income and having less than four children was negatively associated with respondents’ knowledge towards cervical cancer prevention measures. There is needed to scale up cervical cancer prevention measures and services .Further studies are needed using strong study design.

scholarly journals Women's knowledge of cervical cancer and uptake of Pap smear testing and the factors influencing it in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeyemi A. Okunowo ◽  
Ebunoluwa S. Daramola ◽  
Adaiah P. Soibi-Harry ◽  
Francis C. Ezenwankwo ◽  
Jubril O. Kuku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Women's Knowledge ◽  
Women’S Knowledge ◽  
Smear Testing

Women’s knowledge about risk factors of breast cancer in a Brazilian community

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 558-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ângela Gabrielly Quirino Freitas ◽  
Mathias Weller
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Women's Knowledge ◽  
Women’S Knowledge

Intra-Abdominal Hypertension is a Risk Factor for Increased VAP Incidence: A Prospective Cohort Study in the ICU of a Tertiary Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 700-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Papakrivou ◽  
Demosthenes Makris ◽  
Efstratios Manoulakas ◽  
Marios Karvouniaris ◽  
Epaminondas Zakynthinos
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Cox Regression Analysis ◽  
Abdominal Hypertension

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) might be increased in cases with intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH). However, despite animal experimentation and physiological studies on humans in favor of this hypothesis, there is no definitive clinical data that IAH is associated with VAP. We therefore aimed to study whether IAH is a risk factor for increased incidence of VAP in critical care patients. This 1-center prospective observational cohort study was conducted in the intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Larissa, Greece, during 2013 to 2015. Consecutive patients were recruited if they presented risk factors for IAH at admission and were evaluated systematically for IAH and VAP for a 28-day period. Results: Forty-five (36.6%) of 123 patients presented IAH and 45 (36.6%) presented VAP; 24 patients presented VAP following IAH. Cox regression analysis showed that VAP was independently associated with IAH (1.06 [1.01-1.11]; P = .053), while there was an indication for an independent association between VAP and abdominal surgery (1.62 [0.87-3.03]; P = .11] and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1.79 [0.96-3.37]; P = .06). Conclusions: Intra-abdominal hypertension is an independent risk factor for increased VAP incidence in critically ill patients who present risk factors for IAH at admission to the ICU.

scholarly journals Young Women’s Knowledge About Fertility and Their Fertility Health Risk Factors

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
Qiyan Mu ◽  
Lisa Hanson ◽  
James Hoelzle ◽  
Richard J. Fehring
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Factors ◽  
Women's Knowledge ◽  
Women’S Knowledge
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